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    It was a really strange bit of dialogue. All that word brings up connotatively in my mind is old SAT prep vocabulary. Who knew the white collar crook and the alcoholic cop were so well read.

     

    This episode definitely had the most hits of the 3 so far. I'm still really looking for something like the ideological-tension-as-cop-banter of the first season to really carry me through the hour, cause I'm not sold entirely on the district interplay or the detective work yet.

     

    I'm enjoying the characters much more, and I've finally gotten over Vince Vaughn's comedic baggage and like watching his guy for the most part.

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    Nothing much to add, this game is great and I enjoyed playing it with my friend.

     

    Did anyone else conclude that Eve and Hannah alternated every interview? We were mostly pretty sure of it, but I think we couldn't exactly verify it for one of the interviews.

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    Yeah, Steins;Gate didn't do much for me until around episode 12 or so. Then it proceeded to become possibly my favorite anime. With the caveat that I've still only seen less than 20 anime.

    I've watched the whole thing about 4 times now. Just don't watch in English, it's terrible.

     

    I unfortunately watched Steins;Gate and Madoka Magica back to back, and I think that might have made the whole time traveling stuff less impressive to me for both shows.

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    @Coods I agree! The elitism certainly exists (I would say this also parallels with the game industry...) and I'm sure plenty of people have the same insecurity about it. But that doesn't mean you should accept the elitist definition of fashion when there's a much broader and better way to define it. We should change fashion to be a better, more inclusive and positive idea.

     

    I'm not even sure if I could fully denounce that definition though. If my mother wants to communicate love and loyalty by buying my family a bunch of brandname shoes when we go visit them in China, it seems like an ok idea. The way fashion scales with money and status is problematic in a lot of ways but also is deeply related to how fashion (in this sense, having the ability and luxury to decide) in general is a statement of privilege, which I think someone else might have mentioned.

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    I think presuming is a highly vapid or commercialised field is a bit of a shallow read. You could say the same about video games as someone from the outside looking in on just the biggest releases and the huge mobile games.

     

    Yeah, this is probably completely true. Those are actually just my own insecurities about my self esteem and privilege that I project onto buying stuff  :wacko:

     

    But, there exists the group that DOES see fashion as a sort of symbol of economic status through brand recognition that I am super fascinated by but do not understand. I don't know.

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    I have an admiration for fashion as a means of visually complimenting how you feel inside as a person.

     

    Still, I think the inherent narcissism (??) in fashion is offputting. I also find it troubling how explicitly commercial it all is, and can't ever bring myself to really splooge when it just makes me feel indulgent (i wish i could, though).

     

    edit: i get a lot of clothes from target

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    This episode was wonderful. The positive energy and enthusiasm was contagious.

     

     

    I'm sure we all have the band members of the group playing in the cantina in Mos Eisley memorized, right? How could anyone forget Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes?

     

    Band leader Figrin D'an on Kloo Horn,

    Lirin Car'n on backup Kloo Horn,

    Tedn Dahai and Ickabel G'ont both on Fanfar,

    Nalan Cheel on Bandfill,

    Doikk Na'ts playing Doremian Beshniquel (or as you might call it, the Fizz)

    and of course Tech Mo'r holding it down on the Omni Box

     

     

    Man, so iconic.

     

    In my humble opinion, Tech Mo'r's subtle contributions to the definitive sound of the group are tragically forgotten.

     

    Also this hilarious excerpt from the wiki:

    Only six of the members were playing when Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi walked into the Cantina. Lirin Car'n sat out during the performance, because he was not needed.

     

    Ouch.

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    The condorcam is so creepy now.

     

    I think this season is funny as hell and great, but wow it has a strange story arc. A lot of backpedalling, red herrings and sporadic subplots that haven't come together yet, but are clearly going to by the finale in some way that i haven't pieced together.

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    Episode 5 of Planetes: a couple discuss double suicide with the same tone and the same backing music as the wacky guy getting used to zero g three minutes earlier, all after straight up barfing up their backstory.

    The worst.

     

    I had this same reaction to the first couple episodes of Planetes. It gets better. Like, an entirely different show.

     

    If the bad animation bothers you that much, watch the rebuild films, which are a retelling. Kinda. Although I doubt you'll get the same impact I experienced for the 2nd film, which is honestly the best anime film I've ever watched.

     

    2.22 was so good, it's the only rebuild film that I can actually remember parts of. 1.11 and 3.33 have completely washed away for me.

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    I'm perfectly ok with believing that Don goes back to McCann and does the coke ad, because I don't necessarily believe that advertising in Mad Men was meant to represent something cynical and dehumanizing, even though Don may tout that perception at times (especially early series).

     

    Throughout the show we've clearly seen that Don actually puts a lot of himself in advertising. The famous Carousel pitch in season 1 always struck me as proof that Don sees a connection between what we want as human beings and what materialistic things can provide us. I vaguely remember that Don actually explains this to Peggy when he tries to convince her of joining SCDP in season 3 finale. He believes in Peggy because Peggy understands that the essence of advertising is the belief that you have agency in your happiness through consumerism. The Hershey's breakdown also, where Don first tries to spin some flowery thing about his childhood before breaking down and admitting that a chocolate bar was the only thing that made him feel like a normal kid.

     

    Does anyone have to believe that there still exists a human core to advertising in real life? Probably not. But watching Don's journey through the half-season, I don't think it undermines his arc at all to say that he went back and put his whole heart into the ad.